Black Charlestonians : A Social History, 1822-1885

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Because of its large free black population, Charleston provided a case study of black social-class stratification and social mobility even before the war. Reconstruction only emphasized that stratification, and Powers examines in detail the aspirations and concessions that shaped the lives of the ne...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Powers, Bernard E., Jr
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Fayetteville, AR : University Of Arkansas Press, 1994.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Negers.
Blacks > South Carolina.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Noirs americains > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire > 19e siecle.
African Americans > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 19th century.
Schwarze.
Charleston (S.C.)
USA > Südstaaten
United States, South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston > Social life and customs.
United States, South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston > History > 19th century.
United States, South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston > Minorities.
South Carolina > Charleston.
Charleston (S.C.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction; One. Slavery in Antebellum Charleston; Two. Free Black Life in Antebellum and Civil War Charleston; Three. "An Earnest Assertion of Manhood": The Quest for Civic and Political Equality; Four. The Search for Economic Security: Labor and Work in Reconstruction Charleston; Five. "The Great Work before Us": Education as the Means to Elevate a Race; Six. Class, Status, and Social Life in the Black Community; Seven. "Behold a New Zion": The Black Church; Eight. "An Equal Chance in the Race of Life": Postbellum Race Relations.
  • The Legacy of Reconstruction: A Postscript; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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